The Results are in!
Hello Everyone, and Congratulations on a successful City Nature Challenge!
We collectively surpassed our 2023 goals for another record year. This includes 10,069 observations (2023: 9,436) of 2,117 species (2023: 1,901).
Our top iNaturalist users for the project are as follows:
Most Observations or species:
1) @ladyjanaye with 782 observations
2) @lenrely 713 observations
3) @michaelwall with 614 observations
4) @ripley1 with 413 observations
5) @dgreenberger with 343 observations
6) @caseygirard with 241 observations
If I've tagged you above, you have won a prize donated by our community sponsors at Fjallraven (only one prize per person, so with 6 prizes to offer some 4th and 5th place finishers will receive a prize)! Please send me an email at llampley@ncarboretum.org with your address so I can mail you your prizes! Or, let me know if you'd like to pick them up at the Arboretum and I can arrange for free parking for the day.
PLUS: Anyone who submitted 20 observations OR submitted 10 observations and made 15 identifications has earned a NC BioBlitz Patch- sponsored by Science Across NC. To claim you patch please complete this form: https://forms.gle/9s8GASdZq1QuUG2E9
Results across NC's regions for the challenge:
Western NC: 10,069 observations, 2,117 species
Charlotte Metro Area: 2,338 observations, 902 species
Piedmont NC: 1,345 observations, 666 species
Triangle Area: 19,121 observations, 2,650 species
Coastal NC: 2,529 observations, 1,006 species